Feminist and Dalit groups in the UK have written to the United Nations following the horrendous rape incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district. British MP Apsana Begum and 30 other feminist groups and Dalit organisations in the UK, Ambedkar International Missions have written a letter to UNHRC Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet. Other British signatories who have signed the letters include MP John McDonnel, Kim Johnson, Bell Ribeeiro-Addy and Paula Barker.
The groups have requested the UN to look into the matter and urge India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dismiss UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Ajay Bisht) and set up an international inquiry in the Hathras rape case. They also wish to seek the UN’s intervention in dealing with crime against other Daiit women. The letter is said to have been initiated by London based Bengali writer Amrit Wilson who is also a part of South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG), together with Case Watch UK.
